1932 Who's Who in Railways: Name D
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DALZIEL (J.), Assistant Electrical Engineer, London Midland and Scottish Dalziel served an apprenticeship with Bertrams, Ltd., taking also a technical course at the Heriot Watt College, Edinburgh, obtaining its diploma in electrical engineering. Mr. Dalziel was also top honours man at the City and Guilds Institute, London, in 1899. He obtained further experience with Mayor & Coulson, Ltd., with an electrical road-motor firm now defunct, and under Sir William Peck, of Edinburgh. In 1899 he entered Midland Railway service as an Electrical Inspector. In 1903 he was put in charge of electric construction and of the electrical shop at Derby, in 1905 taking charge also of the Hydraulic and General Drawing Office. In 1914 he was made Chief Electrical Assistant to the Chief Mechanical Engineer in charge of electric power and lighting generally, and in 1916 took over also oversight of the Midland Company's petrol and electric road motors. His present appointment dates from early in 1925.
DANDRIDGE (C. G. G.), Advertising Manager, London and North Eastern Railway. Mr. Dandridge commenced his Railway career in 1905 in the General Manager's Office of the Great Central Railway. He qualified by competitive examination for the Great Central Railway training scheme, under which he obtained experience in various sections of the operating and commercial departments, and was also for a time on the staff of the Locomotive Running Superintendent, the Stores Department, and the Portmaster. During the war Mr. Dandridge served as a Traffic Officer, and subsequently .as D.A.D.R.T. with the British Army -tin France, while in 1918 he was appointed to take charge of the Traffic Department of the Archangel Northern Railway (Russia), with the rank of Major, R.E. He afterwards served as D.A.D.R.T. with the Railway Mission in South Russia, and there gained experience of the working of the Russian railways under quite abnormal conditions. When the Railway Mission terminated he was appointed District Traffic Superintendent of the Anatolian Railway, Turkey. On his return to England Mr. Dandridge was appointed Assistant District Traffic Manager, Great Central Railway, Manchester, becoming District Passenger Manager at Manchester, Landon and North Eastern Railway, on August 1st, 1923, and London District Passenger Manager early in 1926. His present appointment dates from January 1st, 1928.
DARBY (E. H. d'E.), Divisional Engineer, Derby, London Midland and Scottish Railway. Mr. E. H. d'E. Darby was educated at Cheltenham College and Clare College, Cambridge University, taking the B.A. degree (Mathematical Tripos) in 1902. In October of that year he commenced a term of pupilage under the late Mr. E. B. Thornhill, then Chief Engineer of the London and North Western Railway. Part of this period was spent in the Drawing Office at Euston and assisting on the construction of Garston New Dock, where he became Assistant to Mr. W. E. Thornhill in 1905, remaining on this work until its completion in 1910. He was then appointed Assistant to the District Engineer at Walsall, where he remained till 1917, except for a short period on railway work in France. From January, 1918, he acted as District Engineer at Crewe, which appointment was confirmed in 1919. In September, 1920, he was appointed District Engineer, Manchester, which position he held until being appointed Divisional Engineer (Eastern Division), Derby, in January, 1929.
DARBYSHIRE (G. L.), Chief Officer for Labour and Establishment, London Midland and Scottish Railway. Mr. Darbyshire commenced his career with the London and North Western Railway in the Traffic Department at Crewe, in March, 1898. He was placed in charge of the staff work for the Liverpool district in 1910, and was transferred to the General Manager's Office at Euston in 1919. He was appointed as Assistant to the Chief Officer for Labour and Establishment in July, 1927. His present appointment dates from January 1st, 1930.
DASHWOOD (C. R.), O.B.E., Assistant Accountant, Great Western Railway. Mr. Dashwood was born on June 4th, 1888. Commenced his career in the Great Western Railway Locomotive and Carriage Department ,at Swindon in June, 1902, but was transferred to the Chief Accountant, s office in February, 1908, where in April, 1916, he was appointed Bookkeeper, and in January, 1919, he was appointed Joint Assistant Accountant of the Audit Section. Mr. Dashwood was Secretary to the Railway Accountants' Committee dealing with the Railway Companies (Accounts and Returns) Act, 1911, and to the Accountants' Permanent Committee which was set up when the former Committee ceased to exist. In August, 1914, he was made Secretary to the Accountant's Sub-Committee, and, from its inception, Mr. Dashwood became Secretary of the Compensation Accounts Sub-Committee of the Railway Executive Committee. He was appointed an Officer of the Order of the British Empire for his services in connection with the last-named Committee. Upon the re-arrangement of positions consequent upon the formation of the present Great Western Railway in 1922, Mr. Dashwood was appointed to his present office.
DAVIDSON (R. G.), F.S.A.A., M.Inst.T., Joint Accountant, Southern Railway. Mr. Davidson commenced his railway career in the Secretary's Office of the London and South Western Railway, and in due course became a member of the Chartered Institute of Secretaries. He was then articled to a firm of Chartered and Incorporated Accountants, passed all the examinations and became in due course a qualified Incorporated Accountant. In 1909 he was appointed General Assistant to Mr. F. Hartnell, then Accountant of the London and South Western Railway. He was placed in charge of the alteration and revision of the accounts of all departments of the company necessitated by the, Railway Companies (Accounts and Returns) Act, 1911, and in 1914 became one of the 'original Investigators appointed on behalf of the Government to examine railway companies' accounts during the period of Government control. When Mr. A. E. Newhook was appointed Accountant in 1913, he became Principal Assistant, which position he held up to his present appointment, which dates from 1923.
DAVIES (Ashton), M.B.E., M.Inst.T., Passenger Manager, London Midland and Scottish Railway. Mr. Ashton Davies joined the Lancashire and Yorkshire Railway in 1890, serving first in the Telegraph Department, being then transferred to the Passenger Superintendent's Office, where he ultimately became Personal Assistant to Mr. Chas. J. Nicholson, the Superintendent. Mr. Davies held this position during the term of office of four Superintendents, and under Mr. Watson, was associated with many important schemes and developments, including the establishment of the train control system with conspicuous success. While attending lectures on railway economics at Manchester University, Mr. Davies obtained one of the first scholarships given by the Directors of the Lancashire and Yorkshire Railway Company, on the establishment of a School of Signalling for the staff, Mr. Davies was appointed Lecturer. On the appointment of Mr. Arthur Watson to succeed Sir John A. F. Aspinall as General Manager, Mr. Ashton Davies was selected for the position of Superintendent of the Line, January, 1919. On the amalgamation of the London and North Western and Lancashire and Yorkshire Railways, as from January 1st, 1922, he became Divisional General Superintendent (Northern Division), London and North Western Railway, from January 1st, 1923, General Superintendent (Northern Division), London Midland and Scottish Railway, from January 1st, 1924, General Superintendent (Freight Services), and later in the same year, General Superintendent (Passenger Commercial). He took charge as Passenger Manager of the Company's reorganised Commercial Department towards the end of last year.
DAVIS (F. R. E.), O.B.E., Secretary, Great Western Railway. Mr. Davis commenced his railway experience in the Accountant's Department of the South Eastern and Chatham Railway, which he joined in 1901, transferring in the following year to the Great Western Railway. After a short period in the Audit Office, he was transferred to the Secretary's Office in 1903. In 1914 he was appointed Secretary of the London and North Western and Great Western Railways Joint Committee, and in 1919 became Secretary of the Fishguard and Rosslare Railways and Harbours Company. He served with the Colours from the first year of the war and was decorated and mentioned in dispatches. He was demobilized in 1919 with the rank of major in the Royal Air Force. Upon the rearrangement of positions in 1922, consequent upon the formation of the present Great Western Railway, Mr. Davis was appointed Assistant Secretary, and upon the retirement of Mr. A. E. Bolter, in January, 1926, Mr. Davis succeeded him as Secretary. He is a Fellow of the Surveyors' Institution, President of the Chartered Institute of Secretaries, a Fellow of the Royal Economic Society, and he has also qualified for the Bar.
DEAN (G. H. Hare), South Coast Commercial Representative, Brighton, Southern Railway. Mr. 'Hare Dean entered the service of the London, Brighton and South Coast Railway in 1900 in the Goods Manager's Department, and in 1908 was appointed Outdoor Representative, subsequently becoming Personal Assistant to the Goods Manager. On the formation of the Southern Railway Commercial Department, in 1923, Mr. Hare Dean was appointed General Assistant to the Chief Commercial Manager, and upon the reorganisation of the Administrative System in April, 1930, he was made Assistant for Statistics and Special Works to the Traffic Manager, which position he held until receiving his present appointment at the end of 1931.
DESTER (T. R.), Passenger Traffic Manager (America), London Midland and Scottish Railway. Mr. Dester began his railway career at Derby in the office of the General Superintendent of the late Midland Railway. He graduated through the Excursion, General, Rates and Fares, Parcels, Claims, etc., Sections of that Department, and was for some years connected with the canvassing and operating of theatrical traffic on that railway. At the commencement of the Great War, Mr. Dester joined the Royal Fusiliers (London Regiment) as a private, serving in France from July, 1915, to November, 1919, excepting eight months in hospital, as a result of wounds and gas. When discharged in November, 1919, Mr. Dester held the rank of Captain and Adjutant. On resumption of his railway duties, Mr. Dester was attached to the office of the General Passenger Agent of the 'Midland Railway. On the formation of the London Midland and Scottish Railway, he was transferred to the department of the General Superintendent (Passenger Commercial), and served under Mr. Ashton Davies as head of the General Section in the Passenger Commercial Department. His present appointment -was made at the end of 1928.
DONALDSON (Alexander Wannan), M.Inst.C.E., Assistant Engineer, London Midland and Scottish Railway. Mr. Donaldson joined the service of the London and North Western Railway in November, 1906, as Assistant to the Chief Engineer in connection with the tube portion of the new electrified lines between Euston and Watford. He supervised the construction of the widening between Chalk Farm and Kensal Green, the power station at Stonebridge Park, and the various sub-stations on the electrified lines. In 1913, Mr. Donaldson took over the Parliamentary work in addition to his other duties. In 1923, a works section was formed as part of the Engineer's Department, under the immediate supervision of Mr. Donaldson, and a large number of important works have been carried out by this section. Mr. Donaldson, prior to his engagement with the London and North Western Railway, had had considerable experience in tube work, being Resident Engineer on the portion of the Baker Street and Waterloo Railway between Oxford Circus and Baker Street, and on the Charing Cross, Euston and Hampstead Railway. His present appointment dates from January, 1929.
DOUGHTY (K. W.), Accountant, Cheshire Lines Committee. Previously Accountant to the Midland and Great Northern Railways Joint Committee. Mr. Doughty started his railway career in 1899, in the Chief Accountant's Office of the Midland Railway, and spent five years as Accountant on the Severn and Wye Joint Line at Lydney. He went to King's Lynn in 1919. His present appointment dates from 1927.
DOWNES (F.), Signal and Telegraph Engineer (Southern Area) London and North Eastern Railway. Mr. Downes entered Great Northern service in the Telegraph Department in June, 1887, was transferred to the Telegraph Headquarters Staff in May, 1890, as a draughtsman: in 1903 became Technical Inspector, and in 1912 was promoted to be Assistant to the Telegraph Superintendent. On January 1st, 1913, he succeeded Mr. T. Ireland as Chief of the Telegraph Department. In 1924 he became Telegraph Superintendent, and in 1929, Signal and Telegraph Superintendent, Southern Area. During his career Mr. Downes has been associated with a number of important developments in the application of electricity to railway working, and in connection with railway telegraphy, signalling, general and train lighting, and track-circuiting. He is an Associate Member of the Institution of Electrical Engineers, President for 1926 of the Institution of Railway Signal Engineers and in 1922 was President of the Railway Engineers' and Telegraph Superintendents' Conference.
DOWSETT (P. J.), M.Inst.T., Assistant Secretary, London and North Eastern Railway. Mr. Dowsett joined the railway service in the Secretary's Office of the Great Northern Railway, in April, 1895. After filling positions in the various sections of the Secretary's Office, he became Assistant to the Secretary on October 1st, 1911, and was appointed Assistant Secretary of the Great Northern Railway on June 3rd, 1921. His present appointment dates from January 1st, 1923.
DOYLE (James), Hotels Manager, Great Southern Railways (Ireland). Mr. Doyle had previously occupied the position of Comptroller of the Household, Governor-General's Lodge. He was educated at Blackrock College, and has extended knowledge and experience of hotel and restaurant management. He was appointed Assistant Manager in the Dolphin Hotel, Dublin, in 1900, subsequently transferring, in a similar capacity, to the Gresham Hotel, being promoted Manager in 1912, which position he held until the destruction of the hotel during civil disturbance in 1922. Mr. Doyle was, in the same year, appointed Comptroller to His Excellency, Mr. T. Healy, K.C., who was then Governor-General, and continued in this position with the present Governor-General. He received his present appointment towards the latter part of 1930.
DUCKWORTH (R.), M.B.E., Chief of Police, Southern Railway. Mr. Duckworth was formerly Head of the Detective Department of the Liverpool Police Force. He joined the London and South Western Railway as Superintendent of Police in November, 1918, after a previous police career of 25 years. Mr. Duckworth NST,I3 appointed Chief of Police, Southern Railway, in 1923.
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